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2024 election campaign is open

The general election political campaign is now officially on. President Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), who seeks to be reelected on 19 May 2024, and former President Leonel Fernandez, running for the People’s Force party are campaigning to support the candidates of their parties in the municipal elections that will precede the presidential and congressional elections. The municipal election is scheduled for 18 February 2024.

Interest in the municipal election, nevertheless, is secondary to the focus on who will be President for 2024-2028. The campaign is very much polarized between President Luis Abinader and former President Leonel Fernandez who is now running for the Fuerza del Pueblo.

Abinader’s official campaign manager is his Administrative Minister of the Presidency, Jose Ignacio Paliza. Paliza is taking a leave of absence from 17 January 2024. Paliza is the president of the PRM. Fernandez’s official campaign. Fernandez’s campaign manager is former president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ruben Maldonado.

Fernandez promises to be a better President. He says he has learned from the Dominican people. Fernandez was President from 1996-2000, 2004-2008 and 2008-2012.

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15 January 2024